Your new Thor is a she

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It's a new day for the god of thunder: Thor will now be a woman, Marvel announced on July 15. "This is not She-Thor," writer Jason Aaron said in a press release. "This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR. This is the THOR of the Marvel Universe. But it's unlike any Thor we've ever seen before."

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(CNN) -- Thor is now a woman.

On Tuesday, Marvel Comics announced the hammer-wielding superhero will be represented by a female, though the precise circumstances of the changeover are unknown. Presumably, all the details will be spilled in October, when the new storyline begins.

"This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR," writer Jason Aaron said in a press release that was widely retweeted.

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The Twitterverse generally approved.

"I was at the mall w/my kids & overheard some teenagers (guys & girls) talking about female Thor excitedly & I just am happy to be in comics," tweeted Scott Snyder.

"I was at the mall w/my kids & overheard some teenagers (guys & girls) talking about female Thor excitedly & I just am happy to be in comics

Marvel's "Thor, the God of Thunder," dates back to 1962. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who borrowed from Norse mythology -- Thor is part of the Norse pantheon -- and comic-book tropes, as the character takes on a human guise until his powers are brought to the fore by clutching Mjolnir, his fabled hammer.